Mary Landrieu accepts $100 million bribe from Harry Reid to vote in favor of healthcare reform

  If you are opposed to the healthcare reform bill the prospects look bleak. It is hard to imagine any plausible scenario in which the bill will be defeated when you read a story like this one.

  One wavering Democrat, Mary Landrieu, basically accepted a $100 million bribe for her vote. In order to gain Senator Landrieu’s vote Harry Reid wrote into the legislation $100 million in government subsidies to any state that suffered from a natural disaster in the last seven fiscal years. It just so happens that Mary Landrieu’s state of Louisiana is the only state that qualifies for these subsidies thanks to hurricane Katrina.

  This is nothing more than a bribe and it is blatantly obvious that the intent was to win over Landrieu’s vote on healthcare reform and it has worked as she has now stated that she will vote for the healthcare reform bill.

  As debate on this bill continues tomorrow we can rest assured that if the senate needs more votes in order to pass this bill that more bribes will be offered. There is no way that we can stop this bill under such circumstances. In a way we would be better off just to give in and accept the outcome before Harry Reid adds more incentives to wavering politicians on both sides of the aisle.

  Harry Reid has shown that he will stop at nothing in order to gain the votes that he needs to pass this bill regardless of what the people want. This bill os going to pass whether we like it or not, there is no use fighting it any more.